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  • Walk_blesseD
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    12 hours ago

    Was there any consultation with the community on this decision?

    • Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.worldM
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      7 hours ago

      Why should there have been one?

      Moss and the Modteam are the ones for whom instance swap changes the most, and as far as I know, they have been discussing this for a long time.

      All “we” as users have to do is press the subscribe button.

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        6 hours ago

        If you look in the other thread you’ll see there’s a bunch of community members (myself included) concerned that this decision signals a decline in the standards to which it is moderated. The moderator team has given assurances that this won’t happen, but that raises the question of why this change is even necessary.

        Additionally there’s the concern that this decision will further centralise control over lemmy in a small number of instances.

        Then there’s the fact that 196 is kinda redundant on .world given that multiple shitposting comms already exist there.

        Furthermore, instead of locking down the existing community when they moved over here, the mod team could have appointed new members who don’t have a problem with the manner in which the blahaj lemmy instance is moderated. There’s clearly users who want to stay there, and some who won’t move over here.

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          6 hours ago

          I belive that only a small percentile of people really care about this.

          If enough people are so angry then they will make their own community over at blahaj.zone and proof me wrong but if not, then I guess there probably wasn’t enough demand.

          Being able to just leave and set up and run a Community the way you like it is the backbone and the biggest strength of the Fediverse!

          Then there’s the fact that 196 is kinda redundant on .world given that multiple shitposting comms already exist there.

          The move to .world was not to cater to some demand, it was as far as I know, mostly because of disagreement with the instance Admin/ Owner.

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            5 hours ago

            I belive [sic] that only a small percentile of people really care about this.

            Maybe you’re right about that. But given how badly the post and most of the mods’ comments are getting ratio’d in that thread, I’m inclined to disagree.

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              5 hours ago

              Could be!

              The only thing we can do is wait and see what happens. Maybe this 196 goes down and everyone moves to another. Maybe not. It’s always a question of, “Did it bother you enough to stop using it?” For me, the answer is “no.” Maybe for some, the answer is “yes.” I can’t tell.

          • Blaze (he/him)@lemmy.cafe
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            5 hours ago

            If enough people are so angry then they will make their own community over at blahaj.zone and proof me wrong but if not, then I guess there probably wasn’t enough demand.

            They already have their community, it’s !196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

            • Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.worldM
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              5 hours ago

              This is part of the deal you make when joining a community with active mods, admins, and rules. Not everything is up for debate. I know firsthand that this can be quite frustrating sometimes, but we can’t act like everything else has always been subject to election up to this point. It simply was not.

              And again:

              Being able to just leave and set up and run a community the way you like it is the backbone and the biggest strength of the Fediverse!

              Start a community and run it the way you like! Expand the Fediverse! Make a place truly your own! You can do that with an ease that was unheard of before. The only thing you can’t do is force people to act the way you want them to.